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21 " That’s sometimes the only thing I miss about having long hair; poisoned hairpins really are a miracle that more people should pray for. "
― Seanan McGuire , Spelunking Through Hell (Incryptid, #11)
22 " Alice made a sound, and it was the worst sound Mary had ever heard. It was tight and choked and brokenhearted and crushed, all at the same time, "
23 " Maybe this was proof that I was on the right track. You can spend a long, long time in maybe. You can put down roots there. "
24 " Pickiness is a product of plenty, after all. "
25 " There’s something in the quality of the air that tells you when you’re alone. "
26 " Consent has to be remembered to exist. "
27 " Your partner shouldn’t complete you. Everyone is an entire person all on their own, and you don’t need someone else to make you whole. But sometimes you know what the world is supposed to be so absolutely that when it changes without your consent, the absence of the people you’ve chosen as your own can be a gaping wound. "
28 " There’s a lot of talk about how humans are inherently aggressive and will always devolve into conflict, but at the end of the day, we’re the cosmic equivalent of puppies. We trip over our own feet and try to make friends with everything we meet. "
29 " One of the lizards swatted me to the side as they ran, not taking the time to finish me off, which I appreciated. I don’t like being finished off. "
30 " No. I was never ready. That didn’t mean it wasn’t necessary, or that I didn’t understand the reasons; "
31 " because sometimes being an adult means putting duty first "
32 " My sandwich—which had been closer to a gyro, packed with onions, tomatoes, mild, soft cheese, tzatziki, and ground poultry of some kind, lightly spiced and as delicious as it was unfamiliar—had come with a side order of both stuffed grape leaves and grudging advice about how to handle the chain I was about to embark on. "
33 " It’s always easier to set yourself on fire than to allow someone else to burn for you. "
34 " But remember that no one’s promising you a happy ending.” “I wouldn’t dream of asking for one. "
35 " People put down roots, becoming as much a part of the land as the trees and lakes and swamp around them, and began, in their own quiet way, to grow. "